The UnsupportedSQLServerVersion rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 warns you about SQL Server versions that are running with incompatible architecture or about unresponsive databases

The UnsupportedSQLServerVersion rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 warns you about SQL Server versions that are running with incompatible architecture. This rule also warns you about SQL Server versions that are running at an earlier update state than is required to upgrade to the next version release that supersedes Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Additionally, this rule lists unresponsive databases.

Note The UnsupportedSQLServerVersion rule ships in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update package that was released in October 2009. It is not part of the original release of Pre-Upgrade Checker. The original release of Pre-Upgrade Checker ships in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

When you run Pre-Upgrade Checker, the UnsupportedSQLServerVersion rule reports information about computers that are running versions of SQL Server that do not meet the minimum version requirements. The rule reports this information in the following format:



This rule reports information about unresponsive databases in the following format:



SharePoint Server 2007 requires a 64-bit edition of SQL Server. The minimum required SQL Server versions are as follows:

• SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Service Pack 1, version number 10.0.2531
  For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=01af61e6-2f63-4291-bcad-fd500f6027ff (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=01af61e6-2f63-4291-bcad-fd500f6027ff)
• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 cumulative update package 3, version number 9.00.4220.00
  For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  967909  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967909/ ) Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
• SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 cumulative update package 2, version number 10.00.2714.00
  For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  970315  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970315/ ) Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1

Note Pre-Upgrade Checker ships in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2. It is used to assess the server for potential upgrade issues when you try to upgrade to the next version release that supersedes Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server 2007.

For more information about the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 October 2009 Cumulative Update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: